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Alaafin: I’m only Oba qualified to confer titles covering Yorubaland
The Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111 has stated only he has the exclusive right to confer chieftaincy titles that cover Yoruba land on...
Land grabbers: Five killed, several injured in Lagos, Ogun attacks
No fewer than five persons were killed and many others injured on Saturday when hoodlums attacked the Igbokuta/Gberigbe community, in the Ikorodu area of...
How we stopped rain for Sango festival celebration -Alaafin’s wife
The rain, which would have disrupted the celebration of the 2021 World Sango Festival in Oyo Town on Saturday, was stopped midway through the intervention...
Gov Makinde’s relationship with Sunday Igboho, by elder brother
Muyiwa, who is the Jagun Olubadan, stated Governor Makinde is making efforts to ensure Igboho regains freedom in Cotonou. The Nation reports Igboho had once disclosed...
Oyo youths protest WASSCE candidate killing, blame Amotekun
There was pandemonium in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, as angry youths trooped to the streets to protest against the killing of a 16-year-old boy by...
Oyo N50bn supplementary budget gets Assembly’s nod
Oyo State House of Assembly has. passed the N50bn supplementary budget forwarded to it by Governor Seyi Makinde. The bill was passed on Wednesday...
UI to adopt online teaching due to COVID-19 – Registrar
The management of the University of Ibadan (UI), on Monday, proposed moving teaching and learning, for the rest of the second semester, online due to...
Buni leads APC governors to woo Ladoja in Ibadan
Three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday visited Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to woo into the ruling party Peoples Democratic...
Court remands 23-year-man for attempting to rape 40-year-old woman
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 23-year-old man, Joshua Oduola, who attempted to rape a 40-year-old woman be remanded in...
Oyo, Osun govts meet to resolve boundary dispute
Osun and Oyo State governments yesterday met in Ibadan to resolve boundary dispute. The deputy governors of both states, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan (Oyo) and Mr....
Truck crashes into taxi, kills 4 in Oyo
Residents of Celica area in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State were thrown into confusion on Monday morning, as an accident caused by a...
Oyo declares tomorrow as public holiday for Hijrah 1443
Oyo State Government has announced tomorrow as public holiday, to commemorate and celebrate the new Islamic calendar year, 1st muharram (Hijrah)...
All eyes on Makinde, as Oyo PDP crisis rages
The fate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State lies precariously on the actions and inactions of Governor Seyi Makinde in the next...
Police send warning signal to cultist groups over planned celebration of August 8
The Oyo State Police Command has sent a warning signal to some cultist groups over their planned preparations to adopt and celebrate August 8, 2021,...
Oyo to commence residents’ registration Monday
The pilot phase of the Oyo State residents’ registration programme will kick-off on Monday, August 9, 2021, the Special Assistant (ICT) to Governor Seyi...
ÀJÀKÁ ÒKÒ: What We Can Learn From The Dreadlocked ALÁÀFIN
Aláàfin Àjàká òkò was the third Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ who was the only Aláàfin to have ascended the throne twice. He was the senior brother of...
Oyo 60-year-old man lands in prison for alleged rape of girl, 14
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that 60-year-old Basiru Ajadi be remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town over...
Soldier stabs Ibadan tailor for alleged disrespect
A soldier attached to the Letmauck Barracks, Audu Abubakar, has allegedly stabbed a tailor, Ali Abubakar, in the Sabo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, for...
Botched appointment: We’re not partisan, Ooni Advisory C’ttee replies Alaafin
COORDINATOR of the Ooni Advisory Committee, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, yesterday, said members of the group were surprised by last Friday’s botched appointment...
Violence, protest mar APC congresses in Ogun, Ekiti, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, others
•Tinubu, Fayemi supporters clash, one killed, score injured Despite the riot act read Friday to all its chieftains in all the states across the country, violence,...
